only two wifi bars

[Matth3w]

This drives me a little nuts that I can be two feet from my router and get such a crap connection. Before I had a linksys wrt54g but now I have the standard verizon one that they use with their fios service. Maybe I need to adjust settings

 

[KZIWarrior]

Lol... I was just thinking I've seen you have router problems before, lol. I can't attest as to the VZW but in general most of those provider routers are absolute crap (I know some people that have AT&T and Comcast branded ones and they are the worst/cheapest POS you can get).

By odd chance did this start when/if you loaded the new Taz kernel(s)? Could be something in the wi-fi patch/fix he released.

What was the signal strength for the Linksys?

Edit: actually I have noticed sometimes that mine 'reports' a weak signal but it doesn't really appear to effect the speed. This only happens on the router I have in the barn which is a dual-channel (yes, I have a router in the horse barn:icon_ banana but on my single band in the house it reports fine. How are your actual speeds (speedtest.net reports)?

 

[Matth3w]

It has always been the same...but I didn't load the Taz kernel.

 

[KZIWarrior]

It has always been the same...but I didn't load the Taz kernel.

speeds? (10)

 

[Matth3w]

Meh. (101010)

 

[KZIWarrior]

Aside from the 'bars' how does the signal strength read from within the wireless settings screen (i.e. poor, fair excellent)??

 

[natediddy1120]

Every time I've ever turned on wifi the highest I've ever seen the signal strength get was 2 bars....

 

[KZIWarrior]

Shouldn't, mine adapts according to signal strength: